August 30, 2018 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced that it will increase the fees that entities pay to access telephone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry (the “Registry”) per the terms of the Do Not Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 (the “Act”). The fees for yearly access to the […]
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September 9, 2016 This week, a putative class action complaint was filed in the federal court for the Central District of California against Verizon Wireless Services, LLC (“Verizon”), alleging various violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The TCPA class action complaint contemplates two separate classes of individuals with alleged grievances against Verizon. What
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February 4, 2015 New Jersey recently amended its “Do Not Call” statute, making it easier for telemarketers to place calls within the State. Previously, New Jersey’s Do Not Call law was both strict and specific, and written in such a way as to make most telemarketing calls to cell phones unlawful. However, last week Governor
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The Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”), as amended, prohibits calls to consumers who have placed their phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry. Since January 1, 2005, telemarketers, sellers and service providers, as those terms are defined by the TSR, are required to search the Registry at least once every thirty one (31) days
In a record Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) Do-Not-Call violation settlement announced on May 19, 2014, Sprint Corporation (“Sprint”) agreed to pay $7.5 Million to resolve an FCC investigation into its wireless division’s failure to honor consumer requests to opt-out of the receipt of future telephone and text message marketing. This settlement follows an earlier 2011
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Today, on the 10 year anniversary of implementing the National Do-Not-Call Registry within the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its biggest Do-Not-Call related settlement to date: $7.5 million.
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